Typhoon Haishen heads to South Korea after battering southern Japan

The storm slammed Okinawa and other islands over the weekend with heavy rain, rough waves and high tides

The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week damaged buildings, caused blackouts in nearly half a million homes and injured 20 people on southern Japanese islands before heading to South Korea on Monday. Traffic in southern Japan was still paralyzed even after the typhoon passed. Bullet trains were suspended and most domestic flights in and out of southwestern Japanese airports were cancelled Monday.

The Japan Meteorological Agency warned strong winds and torrential rain would continue even after the typhoon moved north. By Monday morning, Haishen, which means “sea god” in Chinese, was near the southeastern coast of South Korea packing sustained winds of up to 144 kmph (89 mph). The storm slammed Okinawa and other islands over the weekend with heavy rain, rough waves and high tides.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 20 people, including two seriously, were injured in several southern prefectures. As of Monday morning, about half a million homes were still out of power. Haishen is the second typhoon in less than two weeks to take a similar path through southern Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Typhoon Maysak last week injured dozens of people and damaged homes and other buildings..

Aus vs NZ: Warner nears ton, Labuschagne survives as Australia pile on runs

Australia have been unbeatable this season, winning all four Tests at home

Sports News: David Warner was approaching his 24th Test century and Marnus Labuschagne endure a dropped catch as Australia followed brisk hurries to set up a presentation in the third Test against New Zealand on Monday. Australia extended their general lead to 375 runs at lunch on the fourth day with Warner charging along to arrive at 89 and Labuschagne on 36 in the their group’s 172 for one at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Runs were coming effectively against the debilitated Kiwi bowling assault with a probable presentation expected at some point in the second session of play.

Warner had confronted 130 balls and his 31st Test 50 years was his first time he passed 50 since his unbeaten 335 against Pakistan in Adelaide a month ago. Labuschagne, falling off his profession Test-high 215 in the main innings, was given a ‘real existence’ on four when Todd Astle dropped a guideline got and bowled chance at guts stature. He ordinarily sunk into his innings and played various turn around compasses to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

Joe Burns again neglected to go on after a beginning and lost a leg before wicket survey after not picking leg-spinner Todd Astle’s wrong’un. Consumes, who has neglected to nail down the opener’s spot nearby Warner, was out for 40 off 79 balls with two sixes. Consumes completed the Test summer with 256 runs at 32.00. Australia have been unbeatable this season, winning all four Tests at home — two each against Pakistan and New Zealand — after retaining the Ashes by drawing the series 2-2 in England…

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Vaughan calls ICC rankings ‘absolute garbage’ over England, NZ’s position

India are currently ranked number one in ICC Test team rankings, followed by New Zealand, South Africa, England and Australia

Sports News: Previous England chief Michael Vaughan has hammered the International Cricket Council’s positioning framework, naming it as “outright trash”. India are at present positioned number one in ICC Test group rankings, trailed by New Zealand, South Africa, England and Australia.

The cricketer-turned-pundit feels New Zealand and England don’t have the right to get the second and fourth spot in the ICC Test rankings as they haven’t won enough Test arrangement over the most recent two years. “I will be dead legitimate about the ICC rankings. I think they are total trash,” Vaughan was cited as saying by the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’.

“I have no clue how – New Zealand have prevailed upon a lot of arrangement the course of the most recent two years – yet for them to be second, and where it stands apart for me that the rankings can’t be correct is that England in Test coordinate cricket are third, and England for three or four years have battled in Test coordinate cricket, especially abroad,” he said.

The 45-year-old, who has captained England Test group from 2003 to 2008, said the ICC positioning is befuddling. “They have won arrangement at home. They have just barely attracted the Ashes English conditions, they just barely beat Ireland. I think the rankings are somewhat befuddling…

New Zealand didn’t deserve to lose World Cup final: England’s Jos Buttler

The World Cup last saw a first-historically speaking super-over in which England turned out triumphant as they had scored more limits in the match

Britain wicket-guardian batsman Jos Buttler said New Zealand did not have the right to lose the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup last at Lord’s on Sunday night. Buttler credited New Zealand for setting up a fabulous game. He further said the Kiwis did not have the right to lose.

“No group had the right to lose. Credit to New Zealand for a phenomenal game. They will be gutted, they didn’t have the right to lose. It is extremely difficult to kind of entirety up,” Buttler said. The World Cup last saw a first-since forever super-over in which England turned out triumphant as they had scored more limits in the match to lift their lady 50-over title on July 14.

Both the 50-overs coordinate and the super-over activity wound up in a tie. In the super-finished, England scored 15 runs and they had the option to confine New Zealand to 15 runs. While in the 50-over spell, both England and New Zealand enlisted scores of 241.

At the point when asked what was happening in his brain as the super-over got tied, Buttler said the match was some cricket exemplary that one most likely couldn’t accept was going on. “I’d state it was one of those amusements you watch on cricket works of art and without a doubt not trust it can occur. Having got out in the game (during 50-over) was kind of disappointment. At that point see a portion of those limits later in the game and experience those feelings,” he said…

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How did FB allow livestream of New Zealand attack? PM Ardern seeks answers

A horrific video shot by the gunmen who carried out the mosque massacre was livestreamed on Facebook before being removed by the company

International News: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday said she would be looking for answers from Facebook and other social media firms about how an attack that killed 50 mosque-goers was livestreamed on their platforms.

Saying there were “further questions to be answered” by the tech giants, Ardern said Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg had been in contact and “acknowledged what has occurred here in New Zealand”. A horrific video shot by the gunmen who carried out the mosque massacre was livestreamed on Facebook before being removed by the company.

But the stream, lasting 17 minutes, was shared repeatedly on YouTube and Twitter, and internet platforms were scrambling to remove videos being reposted of the gruesome scenes. “We did as much as we could to remove, or seek to have removed, some of the footage that was being circulated in the aftermath of this terrorist attack,” Ardern said.

“But ultimately it has been up to those platforms to facilitate their removal.” “I do think that there are further questions to be answered.” In a statement on Sunday, Mia Garlick of Facebook New Zealand vowed to “work around the clock to remove violating content”.

“In the first 24 hours we removed 1.5 million videos of the attack globally, of which over 1.2 million were blocked at upload,” the company said. Ardern was joined by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in expressing doubts that current rules go far enough.

Morrison said that social media companies had “co-operated” since the attack. “But I sadly have to say that the capacity to actually assist fully is very limited on the technology side.” He said “assurances were given” that once such content was pulled down, a regime would make sure it did not go back up…

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Rocket launch in New Zealand brings quick and cheap space access

The rocket dubbed “It’s Business Time” took off just before 5 pm local time from a spaceport in New Zealand

Cheap, quick access to space has officially arrived — and in some serious style.

On a late Sunday afternoon in New Zealand, Rocket Lab successfully launched its third rocket. Dozens of employees gathered at the company’s headquarters in Auckland clad in Rocket Lab’s black-and-red colors and let out a series of primordial screams as the rocket took off, flew into space and dropped its satellite payload into orbit.

While issues had delayed this launch for months, Sunday’s event went off without a hitch. Rocket Lab has now established itself in the lead position of a frenetic, worldwide competition to change the economics and speed at which people can get things into space.

“It’s game on,” said Peter Beck, the company’s founder and chief executive officer, in an interview outside of Rocket Lab’s mission control in Auckland. “This era has been coming and coming. Well, the small launch race is over. We have proven it can be done.”|International News

The rocket dubbed “It’s Business Time” took off just before 5 pm local time from a spaceport in New Zealand. It carried six satellites into low earth orbit. Two of them belonged to the start-up Spire and will be used to track ships, planes and weather in remote parts of the world, while Tyvak Nano-Satellite

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